TOKYO - Japanese police have arrested four teenagers living on a U.S. military base for allegedly putting a rope across a road that caused a woman to crash her motorbike and suffer a head injury, officials and news reports said Saturday. Full Story »
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WARSAW (AFP) - The United States and Poland have drawn up an accord regulating the stationing of US troops in Poland, the defence ministry said Friday, opening the way for the deployment of US Patriot missiles. Full Story »
TOKYO (Reuters) - The leader of Japan's tiny Social Democratic Party threatened on Thursday to leave the ruling coalition if her views on a U.S. military base were ignored, the latest sign of strains complicating policy decisions. Full Story »
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE AIRBORNE, Afghanistan - U.S. service members in Afghanistan said President Barack Obama's decision to send 30,000 more troops offered hope that they can go home — if the reinforcements can build up the Afghan army to protect civilians against the Taliban. Full Story »
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RALEIGH, N.C. - The man who built Blackwater USA into one of the world's most respected and reviled defense contractors feels that he was thrown under the bus after serving the nation's security interests for years. Full Story »
Gay service members who reveal their sexual orientations during congressional testimony would be immune from forced discharges under a bill introduced Wednesday, as lawmakers prepare to consider repealing the ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. military. Full Story »
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - A Marine officer suspected of not investigating the deaths of 24 Iraqi men, women and children is being accused of not visiting the scene for 24 hours and submitting incomplete and inaccurate reports to his superiors. Full Story »
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WEST POINT, New York (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said he would send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, as he vowed to "seize the initiative" to end an unpopular war and start a pullout in July 2011. Full Story »
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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (AFP) - Each and every meal prepared for US soldiers at the sprawling Bagram military base in Afghanistan costs about 28 dollars a head -- more than most Afghans earn in a month. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Northrop Grumman and its European partner EADS threatened to pull out of a multi-billion-dollar tanker contract, accusing the Pentagon of favoring its rival Boeing. Full Story »
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Northrop Grumman Corp. said on Tuesday it won't bid on a huge contract to make a new Air Force tanker plane unless the Defense Department changes the rules. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - A special tax? War bonds like those that fueled the US military in World War II? A spending freeze? US lawmakers wondered aloud Tuesday how to pay for a new "surge" in Afghanistan. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES - Toll Brothers Inc., the nation's largest builder of luxury homes, reports fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments for the period. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress likely will need to pass a separate spending bill next year to pay for President Barack Obama's troop increase in Afghanistan, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said on Tuesday. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama will on Tuesday announce he is sending 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan within six months in a swift surge but limit the duration of their deployment, a US official said. Full Story »
MCLEAN, Va. - Defense contractor Science Applications International Corp. said Monday it received a contract from the Defense Intelligence Agency's Missile and Space Intelligence Center that could be worth more than $19 million over five years. Full Story »
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will send 500 more soldiers to Afghanistan in December as part of a broader surge in NATO-led troop levels to tackle worsening violence and train Afghan forces, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON - As President Barack Obama prepares to announce a new blueprint for the war in Afghanistan, the leading Senate Democrat on military matters says any plan to significantly expand U.S. troop levels must show how those reinforcements will help increase the number of Afghan security forces. Full Story »
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